Hologram reproducing apparatus and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10838359-B2
Application number	US-201815869732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	May 23, 2017
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that includes a display configured to display a hologram pattern and emit a write beam corresponding thereto, a relay lens disposed at a front surface of the display and comprising an array of microlenses each focusing the write beam, a spatial light modulator (SLM) disposed at a front surface of the relay lens, configured to write the hologram pattern according to the focused write beam and modulate a reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams if the reproduction beam is incident, a light guide plate disposed between the relay lens and the SLM and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, a filter disposed at a front surface of the SLM and configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams and the write beam, and a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hologram reproducing apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display a hologram pattern and emit a write beam corresponding to the hologram pattern;
a reproduction beam provider to emit a reproduction beam;
a first lens unit disposed at a front surface of the display and comprising at least one lens array including a plurality of first microlenses for respectively firstly focusing the write beam emitted from the display;
a second lens unit comprising at least one lens array including a plurality of second microlenses for secondarily focusing the write beam diffused after being firstly focused;
a spatial light modulator (SLM) disposed at a front surface of the second lens unit, configured to write the hologram pattern according to the secondly focused write beam and modulate the reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams corresponding to the hologram pattern if the reproduction beam is incident;
a light guide plate disposed between the second lens unit and the SLM and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM;
a filter disposed at a front surface of the SLM and configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams and the write beam; and
a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter.

2. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the first lens unit comprises:
a first lens array disposed at the front surface of the display at a first interval from the display, and
a second lens array disposed at a front surface of the first lens array at a second interval from the first lens array,

wherein the second lens unit comprises:
a third lens array disposed at a front surface of the second lens array, and
a fourth lens array disposed at a front surface of the third lens array at the second interval from the third lens array,

wherein the fourth lens array is arranged at the first interval from the SLM, and
wherein the first interval is greater than the second interval.

3. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein microlenses included in each of the first and fourth lens arrays have a first focal distance,
wherein microlenses included in each of the second and third lens arrays have a second focal distance, and
wherein the first focal distance is greater than twice the second focal distance.

4. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the first interval has an interval greater than twice the first focal distance, and
wherein the second interval has an interval less than twice the first focal distance.

5. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the SLM comprises:
a photosensitive layer configured to write a hologram pattern according to the write beam; and
a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel disposed at a front surface of the photosensitive layer to modulate the incident reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams corresponding to the hologram pattern.

6. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the light guide plate distributes the reproduction beam uniformly incident with parallel rays onto a rear surface of the SLM and comprises:
an in-coupling element configured to allow an incidence angle of the reproduction beam incident on the light guide plate to fall within a predetermined angle range, and

wherein the in-coupling element is implemented as a Bragg grating element or a prism.

7. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the light guide plate distributes the reproduction beam uniformly incident with parallel rays onto a rear surface of the SLM and comprises:
an out-coupling element configured to refract the reproduction beam incident on the light guide plate at a predetermined angle and emit the reproduction beam outside of the light guide plate, and

wherein the out-coupling element is implemented as a Bragg grating element.

8. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the out-coupling element refracts and emits the reproduction beam incident on the light guide plate at the predetermined angle based on an equation,
nλ= 2 d Sin(θ)

where n denotes a refractive index of the Bragg grating, λ denotes a wavelength of the reproduction beam, and d denotes a lattice separation distance in the Bragg grating.

9. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the filter comprises a Bragg grating filter,
wherein, if the plurality of diffraction beams are incident, the Bragg grating filter allows a diffraction beam incident within a predetermined angle range to pass through based on a zero order diffraction beam among the plurality of diffraction beams, and
wherein the zero order diffraction beam is a beam in which the reproduction beam is not modulated to a diffraction beam in the SLM.

10. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the filter further comprises a louver film disposed at a front surface of the Bragg grating filter to secondarily filter the diffraction beam firstly filtered through the Bragg grating filter.

11. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a first polarizing filter disposed between the display and the first lens unit to filter a first polarizing component of the write beam,
wherein the filter further comprises a second polarizing filter configured to filter a second polarizing component of the write beam.

12. The hologram reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display is implemented as a self-luminous element that emits the write beam corresponding to the hologram pattern.

13. A control method of a hologram reproducing apparatus comprising a display configured to display a hologram pattern and emit a write beam corresponding to the hologram pattern, a reproduction beam provider to emit a reproduction beam, a first lens unit disposed at a front surface of the display and comprising at least one lens array including a plurality of first microlenses for firstly focusing the write beam emitted from the display, a second lens unit comprising at least one lens array including a plurality of second microlenses for secondarily focusing the write beam diffused after being firstly focused, and a light guide plate disposed between the second lens unit and a spatial light modulator (SLM) and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, the control method comprising:
transmitting the write beam emitted from the display to the SLM through the first lens unit and the second lens unit;
writing a hologram pattern corresponding to the write beam by the SLM;
modulating the reproduction beam incident on the SLM into a plurality of diffraction beams corresponding to the hologram pattern;
filtering the plurality of diffraction beams and the write beam by a filter disposed at a front surface of the SLM; and
focusing the filtered plurality of diffraction beams by the lens disposed at a front surface of the filter.

14. The control method as claimed in claim 13 ,
wherein the first lens unit comprises:
a first lens array disposed at the front surface of the display at a first interval from the display, and
a second lens array disposed at a front surface of the first lens array at a second interval from the first lens array,

wherein the second lens unit comprises:
a third lens array disposed at a front surface of the second lens array, and
a fourth lens array disposed at a front surface of the third lens array at the second interval from the third lens array,

wherein the four

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shestak Sergey
• Kim Dae-Sik
• Hwang Seon-Deok

Classifications

• G02B6/4204

  the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms (encapsulated active devices H01S5/02208) · CPC title

• G02B5/32 Primary

  Holograms used as optical elements · CPC title

• G03H1/22

  Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from holograms (G03H1/26 - G03H1/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• G03H2001/0224

  Active addressable light modulator, i.e. Spatial Light Modulator [SLM] · CPC title

• G02B3/0006

  Arrays (G02B3/02, G02B5/188 take precedence) · CPC title